The Girl With the Motto — Live and Let Live! — Hello! வணக்கம்! (va-na-kam) Guten Tag! नमस्ते! (na-mas-they) Yes, I speak roughly four languages 😃 Bio Hi, I’m Shenba. I am a software developer who speaks Java and Angular. But my 6–10 passion is writing. I’m currently in Munich, enjoying my morning pepper pretzels. I’ve been writing forever. I won my first…

Master these rules to improve your writing quickly — Writing quality articles in English can be daunting, especially if you're a new writer or if English isn’t your first language. I found it difficult to write quality pieces until I started studying the works of prominent writers. I quickly improved my writing by analyzing the anatomy and flow of…

The craziest true story you'll read in a long, long time — Matthew and Abby Coleman were a wonderful Californian couple. Matthew had a surfing school, Lovewater Surf Co. and Abby looked after their children. 2-year-old Kaleo and 10-month-old Roxy. Matthew was described as a fantastic surfer and coach who took personalized care of his students. …

Hedy Lamarr was a brilliant scientist we never cherished — We often see actresses as these larger-than-life figures who exemplify Hollywood glamor. Yet, when you look past their fame and popularity, you’ll notice that society often subjects them to the same prejudices and limitations most women face. And these are often so unfulfilling that many actresses lead dreary lives. Less…

These questions will help you ace your interviews — To get a job in the tech industry, a solid understanding of version control systems like Git seems essential. Recently, I started mentoring a group of women looking to restart their careers in the tech industry after taking a break. While these fantastic women keep breaking barriers, one topic that…

Do you always check for nulls? — From time to time, I conduct tech interviews, and the experience has always been something different. Like this one time when we had an argument. My colleague and I were interviewing a candidate for a senior role. Things were going well until the conversation approached design patterns. My colleague asked…

A recap on byte order, a.k.a. endianness — As software developers, we know about the lifeline of computers — the binary system. And this system represents the building blocks of programs — bit. A bit (short for binary digit) is the smallest unit of computer data. It has two potential values — 0 and 1. …

Veronica Youngblood just wanted to get back at her ex-husband — Veronica Youngblood is a 33-year-old Argentinian. Her parents abandoned her and her sister at a very young age, and she had to go through unspeakable horrors to survive. Veronica had a daughter, Sharon Castro when she was a teenager. So, she started working as a sex worker to make ends…

Every victim, investigator, and police chief’s worst nightmare — the tragic story of Zohreh and Mohammed — Zohreh S. is a 33-year-old Iranian software engineer from Seattle, USA. She was a brilliant woman with a warm, kind heart who loved helping people. While building software for a mortgage business, Zohreh pursued a graduate program at the University of Washington. …